1. Weather and Water Teaching Slides, 1.1
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2. Focus question What is weather?
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3. Discuss today’s weather
Is today’s weather normal for this time of year? If not, what weather would you expect?
Is this the kind of weather you would expect to happen everywhere on Earth today? Explain.
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4. View video Hurricanes and Tornadoes
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5. Discuss video What surprised you about the storms we just watched?
What other types of storms have you heard of or read about?
What questions do you have about hurricanes?
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6. Discuss video How are tornadoes and hurricanes alike?
How are they different?
What should you do if you hear a severe storm is near you?
What type of severe weather occurs in your area?
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7. Generate weather questions
Discuss what you think the word meteorology means and where it came from.
Write three or four questions you have about weather under the focus question.
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8. Homework Read “Severe Weather” in FOSS Science Resources on page 3.
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9. Check the weather
The scientific study of Earth’s weather is called meteorology.
A person who studies the causes and effects of Earth’s weather is a meteorologist.
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10. Discuss the weather What is the weather like today?
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11. Homework
Bring in a copy of a local weather report, either cut from a newspaper
or printed from a website.
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12. Share homework
What types of information are included in your weather report?
What was the source for your weather report?
How does this weather report compare to the report you wrote outdoors during class?
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13. Introduce local weather report
Look for these conditions on the weather site.
Temperature
Humidity
Wind direction
Wind speed
Air pressure
Visibility
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14. Introduce class weather report
Teacher master A, Class Weather Chart for Period ___
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15. Daily weather measurement units
Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) and degrees Fahrenheit (°F)
Pressure in millibars (mb)
Humidity in percent (%)
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16. Record today’s observations
Notebook sheet 1, Class Weather Chart
One copy is for the local weather. The other copy is for another city. Put them in your notebook on facing pages.
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17. Review vocabulary
Spend a few minutes reviewing the vocabulary for this part. Update the vocabulary index and table of contents in your notebook.
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18. Review vocabulary air pressure prediction forecast severe weather
humidity
temperature
meteorologist
weather
meteorology
wind
precipitation
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19. Answer the focus question
What is weather?
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20. Answer the focus question
Is weather the same all over the world?
Each location has a different climate. What reports have you heard of climate change?
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21. Homework
On this second copy of Class Weather Chart, select a different location and
fill it in at the top.
Share with your group the weather conditions for the city you chose to monitor. Your homework will be to find weather data for this city every day.
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